Wheel, rota bitata

Object/Artifact

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Trimontium Museum

©National Museums Scotland. Digitised from a positive on film by The Trimontium Trust

©National Museums Scotland. Digitised from a positive on film by The Trimontium Trust

Name/Title

Wheel, rota bitata

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 476

Description

Rota bitata cart or chariot wheel of wood and iron, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium)

Use

Wheels are used to help move and transport the cart/object it is attached to.

Context

Found in Pit XXIII

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Wheel
Transportation

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 476

Made/Created

Date made

140 - 180

Time Period

2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British, Celtic

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Wheel

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Mechanical Devices

Nomenclature Class

Mechanical T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Getty AAT

Concept

wheels (components)

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

I.15.365

Materials

Material

Elm, Willow, Ash, Iron

Material Notes

Hub - Elm / Spokes - Willow / Felloe - Ash / Tyre - Iron

Color

Brown

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

James Curle

Notes

Excavator

Web Links and URLs

National Museums Scotland web link to artefact, Canmore web link to Newstead(Trimontium), "A Roman Frontier Post and Its People", J Curle, p.292, Pl.LXIX